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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1972
Page
1
The state moves toward launching a new lottery with plans for the first drawing in the first week of March after delays. Banks, agents, and venues line up to distribute tickets while questions linger about advertising and interstate mail rules.
A Saegertown woman, Florence T Morfenski aged 59, died after a car driven by Beverly M Beck plunged into French Creek in Meadville. The vehicle left a bridge area, overturned, and settled underwater. Beck and passenger Olive M Sutton survived. both were treated for shock. The coroner ruled accidental drowning. Rescuers from Imperial Carbide helped free two others from the submerged car.
Washington AP analysis from USDA shows consumers paid $21 more for a market basket in 1971 while farmers got only $1 of the increase. Farmers earned 38 cents per dollar spent on food, down from 39 cents in 1970, as middlemen widened margins. The report covers farm-origin items and notes 1972 retail food costs may rise about 3.5 percent if marketing spreads grow.
In 1971 Corry saw a population rise with 348 births and 146 deaths. Females outnumbered males by 6, infant deaths were two. Heart disease caused 69 deaths, with 23 due to cerebral hemorrhage, 20 to pneumonia, 12 to cancer, seven from accidents, and 13 from miscellaneous causes.
Al Capp the creator of Li l Abner was fined 500 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to attempted adultery at Eau Claire Wisconsin in a case tied to a university lecture at UW Eau Claire. Two other charges were dropped and a psychiatric treatment order was rejected by Circuit Judge Merrill Farr.
In Harrisburg the Berrigan conspiracy trial moves toward formal testimony with a jury impaneled and 16 alternates awaiting screening. Judges will reduce alternates to six keepers as the panel of nine women and three men weighs guilt or innocence of Father Philip Berrigan and six other defendants accused of plotting to kidnap Kissinger and raid a draft boat.
Life magazine canceled plans to publish excerpts from a purported Howard Hughes autobiography after confirming the manuscript was a hoax by Clifford Irving. Time Inc dropped its agreement with McGraw Hill, which was reconsidering its contract as new information emerged from James Phelan and Noah Dietrich.
Corry police will send Officer Joel Steele to a narcotics course at the State Police Academy in Hershey February 21 to 25. Three officers Nichols Wobus and Hurlbut continue a criminology course in Warren through Indiana State University of Pennsylvania, now in their fourth semester with nine credits each and potential bachelor’s degrees. Nichols notes all have B averages. textbook is Criminal Law and Its Administration. The federal program costs Corry only transportation.
Washington AP Jane Muskie says her husband promised her the Rose Garden at the White House for her next birthday. She, 45, cut into a birthday cake with a frosting sculpture at Muskie's campaign headquarters. The remark followed recent campaign chatter about the Maine senator's White House prospects.
Perry Mead of Columbus retired after 42 years as a justice of the peace. He laments the shift from justice courts to district justice, noting longer travel to Sugar Grove for warrants and cases. He recalls more crime now, driven by cars, and says workload has expanded with increased paperwork at home.
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